Fed up with brutality, woman gets husband killedRAIPUR - Fed up with her husband’s drunkenness and brutality towards her, a poor woman in Chhattisgarh hired contract killers to kill her husband and watched while they rained hammer blows on him, police said Thursday. Chhattisgarh’s bonanza bonus for one million paddy farmersRAIPUR - Keeping up its poll promises, Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Tuesday it would provide Rs.220 per 100 kg as a bonus amount to farmers during the ongoing government-sponsored paddy procurement drive. Raman Singh appoints nine parliamentary secretariesRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday appointed nine legislators of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as parliamentary secretaries with minister of state rank - seen as a move to stem dissension among the newly-elected members. Chhattisgarh police arrest 22 for assaulting 50 womenRAIPUR - Twenty two men have been arrested in Chhattisgarh for assaulting about 50 women and branding them witches, a senior official said Tuesday. |